On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:07:59PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > Yet we let them in because they are called licenses. And no, I'm not > asking to be able to change the _contract_ between the copyright owner > and the licensee. I'm talking about the file. I'm talking about this: > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of > this license document, but changing it is not allowed. > > It doesn't get any more non-free than that, does it? Well, actually, yes it can. It could say "all rights reserved". And, incidentally, the specific issue you address has -- I'm sure you'll be quite startled -- discussed at length on debian-legal. Maybe you ought to check out those archives? -- G. Branden Robinson | Humor is a rubber sword - it allows Debian GNU/Linux | you to make a point without drawing branden@debian.org | blood. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Mary Hirsch
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